On the accuracy of upper ocean particulate organic carbon export fluxes estimated from 234Th/238U disequilibrium

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 860-868

  Smith, J N ^a   Moran, S B ^b   Speicher, E A ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical; Carbon flux; Particles; Thorium

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; FLOCCULATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EXPORT FLUX; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SINKING VELOCITIES;

AEROSOLS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANALYTICAL METHOD; FLOCCULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SETTLING VELOCITY; STOKES FORMULA; THORIUM ISOTOPE; UPPER OCEAN; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ALGAE;

EID: 33747238242     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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